Butter cutting and printing machine



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A. SHARP ET AL BUTTER CUTTING AND PRINTING MACHIN Filed Deo'. 24, 1920 4Sheets-Sheet 4 atented Jan. 22, 1924.

ALBERT SHARP AND GEORG-E SHARP, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTER CUTTING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

Application filed December 24, 1920. Serial No. 432,907.

To all wiz/om t may con/cera.'

Be it known that we, ALBERT SHARP and Groen SHARP, citizens of theUnitedv States, and residents of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson andState of New Jersey, have jointly invented certain new and usefullmprovements in a Butter Cutting and Prine ing Machine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improvement of the butter cutting and printingmachine described in an application filed by Albert Sharp on o-r aboutJune 30, 1919, Serial Number 307,819 and relates specially to a buttercutting and printing machine. lt is to be understood that this machinemay be used for various materials to bev operated upon. Its organizationcomprises a pair of helical or spiral conveyers which convey material toand through a forming nozzle. Rotating pusher wheels feed the materialto the conveyers. Means are provided to intermittently rotate theconveyers. Cutting means in the machine are also intermittentlyactuated; and operate during the intervals of rest of the conveyers.Printing appurtenances coact with the cutting means, and produce cakesof material with configurations impressed thereon.

Various modifications may be made in the machine without departing` fromthe spirit of the invention, and the applicants do not limit themselvesto the specific construction of the invention shown and described inthis application. l

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of anexemplification of the butter cutting and printing machine; Fig. 2 showsan enlarged section of Fig. 8 on the line 2 2; Fig. 3 is an enlargedsection of Fig. 8 on the line 3 3; Fig. 4 represents an enlarged sectionof F ig. 8 on the line 4 4; Fig. 5 shows an enlarged section of Fig. 8on the line 5 5; Figg shows an enlarged section of Fig. 1 on the line 66; Fig. 7 represents an enlarged fragmentary side ele-vation of thefront portion of the machine; Fig. 8 is a top plan view of Fig. 7 Fig. 9shows a fragmentary and enlarged front view of the machine; Fig. 10represents an enlarged front view of some of the details of Fig. 9; Fig.11 shows a partial top plan view of Fig. 10; Fig. 12 represents anenlarged section of Fig. .1 on the line 12 12; Fig. 1B shows a sectionof Fig. 8 on the line 13 13; Fig. 14 is a top plan view of Fig. 13; Fig.15 is an enlarged view of some of the.l details shown in Fig. 9; Fig. 16is a top plan view of Fig. 15; Fig. lshows an elevation. of a detail;Fig. 18 represents an enlarged 'section of Fig. 1 on the line 18 18 andFig. 19 shows a section of Fig. 18 on the line 19-19. i

The invention comprises a conveying chamber A comprising thelowerconcaved member 2O with the removable concaved cap or top 21. Lugs22 and strengthening ribs 23 extend from the sides ofthe member'20 andcorresponding lugs 24 and the strengthening ribs 25 extend from the capor topy 21. Hinge blocks 26 are supported on the lugs 22 and are securedthereto by the threaded Shanks 27 and the nuts 28. Locking yokes 29 arehinged to the blocks 26 bymeans of,`

hinge pins 30. Locking screws 31 are in threaded engagement with theswinging ends of the yokes 29 and bear on the lugs 24 when the concavedcap or top 21 is locked in place with the lower concaved member 20. Lugs22 with the flanges 23 extend from the member 20. In the upper faces ofthe side walls of the member 2O are formed the longitudinaly grooves 38for the packing 39. Flanges 40 formed with the side walls of the cap 21bear onsaid packing when the cap 21 is locked to the member 20. To thefront end of the members 20 and 21 is bolted a shaping or forming nozzle42. The said nozzle flares out at its inner end as indicated at 44 toregister with the interior contour of the cham` ber A. The said nozzlemay be divided into a plurality of sections 45 and 46. Extended sidewalls 49 are formed with the rear portion of the member 20. A front wall50y and a rear wall 51 are bolted to flanges of the wall 49, and therebya charging or feeding chamber B is formed. In the chambery B are locatedthe elongated pusher wheels 54 and 55. Each of said wheels comprises thelongitudinal peaks 57 and the concaved faces 58 between said peaks. Thewheels 54 and 55 are supported and fastened to the axles 59 and 60 whichlatter are journaled in the bearings 61 formed with the walls 50 and thebearings 62 formed with the wall 51. In the lower portions of theconveying located a pair of helical or spiral conveyers one right andone left. The conveyers are made in sections C and each comprises a hub64 with the wings The hubs are carried on and fastened to the conveyershafts 66 and 67 by means of keys not shown. An end wall 69 is formedwith the lower portions of the walls 49. Horizontal lugs 74 extend fromthe wall 69. Legs 76 and 77 have formed therewith the end wall 78 andthe horizontal table 79. Journal bearings 80 are formed with the table79 for the conveyor shafts 66 and 67. Journal caps 81 are provided forthe journal bearings 80. A gear casing 85 is formed with the legs 76 and77 and at the outer end of said gear casing are formed the journalbearings 86 with the caps 87 for the rear ends of the conveyer shafts-66and 67. An elongated journal bearing 89 is formedv with .the leg 77 anda connecting brace 90 eX- tends between the journal bearing 89 and itsadjacent journal bearing 86. On the shafts 66 and 67 are respectivelyfastened the spur gears 91 and 92 that mesh with each other. On theshafts 59 and 60 are respectively fastened the sprocketr chain wheels 93and 94 and on the shafts 66 and 67 are respectively fastened thesprocket chain .wheels 95 and 96. A sprocket chain 97 connects thesprocket chain wheels 93 and 95 anda sprocket chain 98 connects thesprocket chain wheels 94 and 96.

A driving sha-ft 103 has one end thereof journaled in the elongatedjournal bearing 89. An intermittent spur gear 104 with the blankcircumferential surface 105 is fastened to the driving shaft 103, and avcoacting intermittent spur gear 106 with the blank circumferentialsurface 107 fastened to the shaft 67. A shock absorbing roller 110 isjournaled on a pin 111 that extends from the intermittent gear 104. Ashock absorbing lug 112 with the reinforcing plate 113 is fastened tothe intermittent gear 106. By meansof the coaction of the gears 104 and106 a complete rotation is imparted to the shaft 67 for each one-halfrotation the shaft- 103. The roller 110 impinges against the reinforcingplate 113 of the lng112r` just before the teeth of the gear 104 meshwiththe teeth of the gear 106 and thereby-no shock occurs between theteeth of the gears during their operation. A driving pulley y116 isfastened to the driving shaft 103 and a loose Jiulley 117 is journaledon said' shaft. A journal bracket 120 with the cap 121 supports the rearend ofthe shaft 103. A belt shifter is shown to consist of the bracket-123 having the bearing flange 124, which is fastened to one of the lugs74. Bearings 125 are formed with the bracket 123 and slidably supporttheshifting bar 126. Shifting lingers 127 are secured to the bar 126. Abracket 130 with'the lugs 131 and 132 is fastened to the lbar 126. Ahandle 133 extends from the bracket 130. The lug 131 bears on the flange124 and the lug 132 bears against the vertical wall of the bracket 123..A pair of legs 136 have formed therewith the front connecting wall 137and the supporting tables 138 which latter bear up against thi` lugs 32of the member 20. Front legs 140 have formed therewith the front wall141 and the supporting table 142. Angular supporting brackets 143 and144 are indicated with the end fianges 145. which latter are bolted tothe legs 136. The front ends of the brackets 143 and 144 are supportedupon and bolted to the tables 142 of the legs l. With the verticalmembers of the brackets 143 and 144 are formed the lugs 146. .1 journal'bracket 150 with the journal bearing 151 and boss 152 is vbolted to oneside of one of the legs and a similar brac. w

with the journal bearing 156 and boss bolted to the supporting bracket144. The

driving shaft-103 is ourna led in the bearings 151 and156. Upon thesupporting bracket 144 are secured the journal brznfkets "f 158 and 159.which support 'the os yillating side shaft 160. Collars 161 and 162 arefastened to the shaft and `bear respectively against the bearings 158and 159. On the opposite ends of the oscillating side shaft 160 arefastened the similar spur gears 164. Similar pivots 165 extend from thebosses 152 and 157. Similar segmental gears 166 with the teeth 167 arepiroted on the pivots 165. The teethv 167 mesh with the teeth of thespur gears 164. Each segment 166 has connected thereto the contact platej 168 with the contacting face 170 and the contact plate 169, at rightangles thereto with the contacting face 171. On the driving shaft 103are fastened the similar collars 172 which each have journaled theretothe rollers 173. Zhen the driving shaft 103 rotates the rollers 172 arerevolved and reir tact with the contact plates 168 and 169. This causesthe segmental gears to oscillate and the latter in turn oscillatc thespur gears 1164, by virtue of which the side shaft 160 is oscillated.

On the oscillating side shaft 160 are fastened the similar U shapedcutting arms 180. Each of the arms has .formed therewith the hub 181 andthe counterweight 182. A lug 183 is formed with each of the arms 180adjacent to the huh 181. A vbolt 184 extends through each of the lugs183 and has a squared end 185. A. rectangular supporting bar 186connects the squared ends 185 by means of pins 187, and nuts 188 on thebolts 184 clamp the latter and the supporting bar 186 in place.v At theouter ends of the arms 180 are supported the bolts 190 with squared ends191 similar respectively to 184 and 185. A supporting bar 192- similarto 186 connects the squared ends 191 by means of the pins 193. f. pairof bumpers all are each indicated with the vertical barrel 195 in whichis slida-bly supported the plunger 196 with the spindle 197. A spring198 encircles the spindle 197 and bears between the roof of the barrel195 and the plunger 196. A pin 199 extends through the spindle 197 abovethe barrel 195. A threaded sleeve 200 extends from the barrel 195. Thesleeves 200 are in threaded engagement with the bolts 1907 and therebythe supporting` bar 192 is securely held in position. A plurality ofrectangular wire carrying sleeves 205 each have formed therewith a lip206 and an interiorly threaded boss 207. The sleeves 205 are supportedon the supporting bar 186 and are clamped thereto in operative positionby means of the clamping screws 208. A plurality of rectangular wirecarrying sleeves 210 each have formed i therewith a threaded boss 211and an interiorly threaded boss 212. The sleeves 210 are supported onthe supporting bar 192 and are clamped thereto in operative position bymeans of the clamping screws 213. A screw 214 is in threaded enga-gementwith the boss 211 and a lock nut 215 locks the screw 214 in place. Acutting wire 216 connects each lip 206 with one of the screws 214.

1n the crown of each of' the cuttingarms 180 is formed a threaded boss220 for the screw 221. A shank 222 with a flange 223 is formed at thelower end of each screw 221. The latter support the printing :beam 225through a boss 226 formed at its opposite ends. The boss 226 iscounter-bored for a loose collar 227 and a pin 228 extends through theshank 222 above the collar 227. The body of the beams 225 is channelshaped and has formed in its vertical wall a plurality of horizontalslots or openings 230. Angle plates each with the vertical member 231and the horizontal member 232 have each extendingtherefrom a pair ofscrews 233. The latter extend through the openings 230. Wing nuts 234are in threaded engagement with the screws 233 and clamps the said angleplates to the printing beam 225. i printing plate 235 extends from eachof the -members 232 of the said angle plates.

A roller frame comprises a pair of roller bars 238 which have eachformed therewith the lugs 239. Supporting rods 240 extend through thelugs 239 and the lugs 146 to support the roller bars 238. Set screws 241extend through the lugs 146 and clamp the rods 240 in place. Journalseats 242 and clearance notches 243 are formed in the upper edge of eachof the bars 238. Rollers 245 have extending therethrough the pivots 246and the latter are supported in the seats 242. The rollers extend fromthe nozzle 42 to and beyond the outer ends of the supporting brackets143 and 144.

To the front legs 140 are bolted the jourJ nal brackets 248 having thejournal bearings spiral gear 253 fastened to the driving shaft 103meshes with the spiral gear 252. A brake for the oscillating shaft 160comprises a brake wheel 255 fastened thereto. A .leather sleeve 255a isfastened to the circumferential surface of the wheel 255. lug 256 isformed with the journal bearing 250, and a block 257 with a groove 258in its lower face is slidably supported on the lug 256. i brake strap264 extends over the sleeve 255a of the brake wheel 255 and its lowerends are fastened to the block 257. Luge 265 extend from the strap 264and an adjusting bolt 266 extends through the strap 264 and the lugs265. An adjusting nut 267 on the bolt 266 varies the vtension of thebrake strap 264 and the pressure thereof on the sleeve 2552*. A. pulley270 is fastened to the shaft 251 for the conveyer belt 271. Tie bolts 272 connect the legs 136 and 140.

To operate the machine, butter or other material to be'operated upon isdropped into the charging or feeding chamber B. At the same time poweris transmitted by a belt, not shown, to the driving-pulley 116, whichrotates the driving shaft 103. The intermittent spur gear 104 turns withthe shaft 103. Rotation is transmitted from the gear 104 to theintermittent spur gear 106, and this rotation is transmitted only duringone-half of each rotation 0f the gear 104. During the remaining half ofeach rotation of' the gear 104 its blank circumferential surface 105engages the blank circumferential surface 107 of the gear 106, and'thereby for each ha. f turn of the gear .104, the 106 remains at rest.rlhe shaft 67 turns with the gear 106. rhe spur gear 92 meshing with thespur lgear 91, causes the shaft 66 to rotate simultaneously with theshaft 67. The spiral conveyors having the wings turn with the rotationsof the shafts 66 and 67 The sprocket chain 97 transmits rotation fromthe shaft 66 to the axle 59 and the sprocket chain 98 transmits rotationfrom the shaft 67 to the axle 60. lWith the lrotations of the axles 59and 60 the pusher wheels 54 and 55 turn. The directions of the wheelsare toward each other as indicated by the arrows D, Fig. 12, and therebybutter or other material in the charging chamber B to the spiralconveyers in said chamber. This avoids the necessity of the operatormanually pushing down the butter or other material to the saidconveyers. The conveyers carry the material into and throngh theconveyor chamber A until it is finally discharged. through the shapingor forming nozzle 42. The butter or other material operated upon isdesposited upon the simultaneously push down the sie rollers 24:7 uponwhich it is intermittently moved by thc succeeding portions that are.intermittently discharged from the nozzle l12.

vDuring each rotation of the driving shaft 10i-3 and while the blankcircumferential surface. of' the gear 104 is engaging the blankcircumferential surface 107 of the gear 106, the oscillating shaft 160functions, thereby swinging' down the cutting arms 180 and forcing themup again to an angle of about ninety degrees from the horizontalposition best. shown in 9. The swinging of the said cutting arms resultsfrom the contacting with each revolution of the rollers 173 and thecontact plates 168 and 169. lVhen the rollers 173 bear on the contactplates 168, the sha-ft 160 is swung in the direction of the arrow E,Fig. 10, to lower the arms 180, and when the rollers 173 bear againstthe Contact plates 169, the shaft 160 is swung in a direction oppositethe arrow E, to raise the cutting arms 180. The arms 180 force thecutting wires 216 through the butter or othermaterial located upon therollers 245. rlhe arms 180 return said wires to their inclined raisedposition, while said butter or material is at rest, thereby making cleanperpendicular cuts through said butter or other material.

rlhe clearance notches 2113 permit the cutting wires 21aL to descendcompletely through the material on the rollers J ust before the end ofeach downward swing of the cutting arms 180, the printing plates 235which have configurations thereon, print the same in the top face of thematerial operated upon.

The sleeves 205 and 210 can be clamped in different positions on theirrespective supporting bars 1.86 and 192, and by this means the cutting'wires 216 can be spaced different distances apart to cut pieces ofbut-ter or other material of different lengths. The angle plates havingthe members 231 and 232 can be clamped to the printing beam in differentpositions to suit different sizes of cakes of butter, or other material,and the said beams can be located at different levels `by means ofscrews 221.

The buffers with the plungers 196 prevent jar when the arms 180 reachtheir downward positions.

After the but-ter or other material operated upon has been cut into itscakes, the latter are pushed on the conveyer belt 271 to be delivered toa predetermined place. The said belt driven by the rotations of thecross shaft 251. The latter shaft is rotated by the shaft 103 throughthe intervention of the spiral gears 252 and 253.

The brake strapl 264.- can be adjusted by the nut 267 to produce variouspressures on the brak0 wheel 253, and thereby prevent jars or tremorsbeing transmitted to the oscillating shaft 160. By this means a cleancut without ragged edges is made through the butter or other materialoperated upon by the cutting wires 216.

ln case it is desirable to operate the U shaped cutting arms 180 withtheir cutting wires 216 manually the operator loosens the collar 161 andslides the oscillating shaft 160 toward the front end of the machine,until the spur gears 161A disengage from the sgmental gears 166, andthen the arms 180 with their appurtenances can be easily swung up anddown. p

Having described our invention what we desire to secure by LettersPatent and claim is:

1. 1n a machine the combination of a chargimr` chamber, a conveyingchamber connected to the charging chamber, a pair of conveyer shaftsextending through the charging chamber and conveying chan'iber, a spiralconv yer connected to each shaft, spur gears on the shafts meshing witheach other, a driving shaft for the machine, an intermittent gear on thedriving shaft, an intermittent gear on one of the conveyer shaftscoacting with the other intermittent gear, a shock absorbing lug on thelatter shaft, and a shock absorbing roller on the intermittent gear ofthe driving shaft contacting during its revolution with the said shockabsorbing lug.

2. ln a machine the combination of a shaft, cutting means to cut amaterial operated upon connected to the shaft, a spur gc r fastened tothe shaft, a segmental gear pivoted adjacent to said spur gear with itsteeth meshing with the teeth of the spur gear and means to oscillate thesegmental gear cn its pivot.

In a machine the combination of a driving shaft, a second shaft, cuttingmeans to cut a material operated upon connected to the second shaft, aspur gear fastened to the second shaft, a pivot adjacent to the secondshaft, a segmental gear pivotod on the pivot, the teeth of the segmentalgear meshing with the teeth of the spur gear, a pair of contacting facesat right angles to each other on the segmental gear, a collar fastenedto the driving shaft, and a roller journaled in said collar, said rollercontacting with said contacting faces with the rotations of the drivingshaft and thereby oscillating the segmental gear, the latter in turnoscillating the second shaft.

41. In a machine the combination of supporting brackets, an oscillatingshaft journaled over one of said brackets, cutting' arms with one end ofeach connected to said oscillating shaft, cutting wires for the arms anda bumper at the other end of each arm to contact with the ot ier bracketwhen said arms are swung` to their lowered position.

5. ln a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, ll shapedcutting arms with one end of each connected to said oscillating shaft, asupporting bar connecting said arms adjacent to said oscillating shaft,a supporting bar connecting said arms at their ends distant from saidoscillating shaft, wire carrying sleeves adjustabl y connected to eachsupporting bar and cutting wires connecting each sleeve on `one bar to asleeve on the other bar.

6. ln a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, cutting armswith one end of each connected to said shaft, a supporting barconnecting said arms adjacent to sai shaft, a supporting bar connectingsaid arms at their ends distant from said shaft, wire carrying sleevesadj ustably connected to each supporting bar, a lip extending from eachsleeve on one of said bars, a screw adjustably connected to the sleevesof the other bar and cuttin wires connecting each lip with one of saiscrews.

7 In a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, cutting armswith one end of each connected to the shaft, a printing beam for thearms, means to vertically adjust said beam relatively to said arms andprinting plates adjustably connected to the printing beam.

8. In a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, cutting armswith one end of each connected to the shaft, a printing beam having aplurality of openings for the arms, means to vertically adjust saidbeamrelatively to said arms, a plurality of angle plates carried by thebeam, a screw with one end fastened to each angle plate extendingthrough one of the openings of the printing beam, a nut for each screwto clamp its angle plate to the beam and a printing plate for each angleplate.

9. ln a machine the combination of a charging` chamber, a conveyer'chamber connected to the charging chamber, means to feed a materialoperated upon from the charging chamber to the conveying chamber, anoutlet nozzle for the conveying chamber, rollers extending from theoutlet nozzle to carry material discharged from said nozzle, cuttingmeans for said material operating over said rollers, printing means forsaid material actuating with the cutting means and a conveyer at theother end of said rollers.

Signed at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey this9th day of December, A. D. 1920.

ALBERT SHARP. GEORGE SHARP.

